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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1891
Page
3
A miscellany of topics includes a proposed survey route by engineers from New York, a high endowment comparison between Harvard and other colleges, Italian organ grinders licensing, cotton crop projections, a New Jersey electric plant, and various brief items on civic, scientific, and cultural matters.
The Republic via correspondence details President Harrison’s California visit. A procession along Main Street to the city hall features Governor Markham and Bishop Mora, with thousands cheering from Fort Yuma to Los Angeles. The crowd showers flowers as the president speaks briefly at various stops, concluding with a banquet in Pasadena.
Therkey Hill Grange number 81 in Clair county reports a hall measuring 24 by 60 feet and a 114 member roll. A recent class of 44 was admitted, and officers say there is no danger of the grange dying.
A mixed notes column reports Epworth League day in Methodist churches on the third Sunday of May, a projected twenty four story steel building for Chicago, and a Georgia watermelon crop expected to be immense. It notes 80 laws from 1200 Kansas bills, a Florida 100 acre orange grove sold for 134000, and a vast alabaster quarry near Canon City.
A discussion contrasts a future World’s Fair in a young city with the claimed benefits of Restorative Nervine by Dr Franklin Miles. The piece notes doubts about national gains versus the product’s touted reliefs for nervousness, dyspepsia, headaches, insomnia, and related ailments. Free trial bottles and a book are offered by J E B. & F A. Powell Henry I. 1.
Postmaster Brown and deputy E R Hanoum present a detailed statement showing the post office here handled larger business than any town in the area. Receipts last year rose by at least 200 dollars over the prior year, excluding unrecorded cash from overs. The growth followed the opening of a post office at Whitefield, which drew away patrons, signaling rising commerce along the Illinois river above Peoria.
The Board of Education welcomes new members G G uyer R D Jones and L W Smith while E F Bunter continues as clerk. Committees set on teachers wages finance grounds rules and commencement. The April 27 meeting adjourned as the new board took seats and discussed staff appointments and monthly meetings.
Varna elected Helene Myers to a three year term as director and Ed Norton to fill a two year vacancy on the village board. Sheriff Lenz spent the day in Varna handling business and a local incident involved Ley Roberts nearly dying in his sleep from a nosebleed. An advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure claims a constitutional remedy and offers $1000 for a failing case.
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